LOC Chapter 2 Vocab Flashcards
(20 cards)
alliteration
repetition of the same sound beginning several words or syllables in sequence
allusion
brief reference to a person, event ot place or a work of art
anaphora
repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning or successive phrases, clauses, or lines. used to emphasize certain things.
Antimetabole
repetition of words in reverse order.
antithesis
opposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a parallel construction
archaic diction
old-fashioned or outdated use of words
asyndeton
omission of conjunction between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words
cumulative sentence
sentence that completes the main idea a the beginning of a sentence, then builds and adds on
hortative sentence
sentence that extorts, urges, entreats, implores, or calls to action
imperative sentence
sentence used to command or enjoin
inversion
inverted order of words in a sentence.
juxaposition
placement of two things closely together to emphasize similarities or differences
metaphor
figure of speech that compares two things without using like or as
oxymoron
paradoxical juxtaposition of words that seem to contradict each other
parallelism
similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
periodic sentence
sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end
personification
attribution of a lifelike quality to an inanimate object or an idea
rhetorical question
figure of speech in a form of a question posed for rhetorical effect rather than for the purpose of getting an answer
synedoche
figure of speech that uses a part to represent the whole
zeugma
use of 2 different words in a grammatically similar way that produces different, often incongruous meanings
